CALL TO ACTION: COMMENTS NEEDED TO PROTECT CRAVEN CANYON

February 2, 2026February 8, 2026

SECOND URANIUM EXPLORATION PROJECT THREATENS CRAVEN CANYON A Canadian company has applied for a second time to explore for radioactive uranium at Craven Canyon in the southern Black Hills. This project is named the October Jinx Project, which is on federal land. It is part of the larger Chord Project. The company is named Clean Nuclear Energy Corporation … Continue reading CALL TO ACTION: COMMENTS NEEDED TO PROTECT CRAVEN CANYON

DID LIEN SELL OUT?

January 8, 2026January 7, 2026Leave a comment

January 7, 2026 Press Release Contact: Lilias Jarding, Ph.D. edbhcwa@gmail.com The large out-of-state – and often international -- mining companies operating in the Black Hills have a history of doing business here using a public front that is an entity that is organized in South Dakota. The local Powertech Uranium is a subsidiary of Texas-based … Continue reading DID LIEN SELL OUT?

Sign the Petition! Help Protect Pe’Sla from Graphite Drilling

December 13, 2025December 14, 20251 Comment

Add your name to protect sacred site Pe’Sla: PROTECT SACRED SITE PE’SLA - DENY DRILLING PERMIT TO PETE LIEN & SONS THE PROBLEM: SACRED INDIGENOUS LAND AND RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK. In the sacred He Sápa, known in English as the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Lakota sacred site known as Pe’ Sla (“pay-SHLAH”) … Continue reading Sign the Petition! Help Protect Pe’Sla from Graphite Drilling

ATTENTION! PONDEROSA PROJECT COMMENT PERIOD BEGINS NOW!

June 21, 2025June 30, 20251 Comment

Ponderosa Exploration Drilling Project #64551 Scoping notice was published 7/20/25. Comments are requested through 7/21/2025 11:59:59 PM (Mountain Standard Time). https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?Project=64551 The Northern Hills District of Black Hills National Forest has released information for the proposed Ponderosa gold drilling project, with a 30-day comment period. Your comments are due by July 21, 2025, at 11:59 … Continue reading ATTENTION! PONDEROSA PROJECT COMMENT PERIOD BEGINS NOW!

Gear Up! Recent Federal Actions Designed to Speed Up Nuclear Power and Uranium Mining

June 17, 2025Leave a comment

Two actions by the federal government over the last few weeks could impact our work in the Black Hills, particularly around uranium mining.

ATTENTION: Forest Service Extends Comment Period to Friday, May 16!

May 7, 2025Leave a comment

The comment period for Pete Lien and Sons' Rochford Mineral Exploratory Drilling Project #67838, graphite exploration, has been EXTENDED by one week. The new deadline is FRIDAY, MAY 16TH! Contact the Forest Service today. Scan the QR code provided below to comment online or use the mailing address below. (Phone calls or talking to a Forest … Continue reading ATTENTION: Forest Service Extends Comment Period to Friday, May 16!